Do the Math

by metatron 2 Replies latest jw friends

  • metatron
    metatron

    Try and figure out where the Watchtower's income comes
    from:

    You have 11,582 congregations in the U.S.

    Contributions are (deservedly) down
    Let's say $500 a month for a year - $6000

    Total: 69,492,000

    Now, they have a pile of investments - but
    the world economy will be fighting with deflation
    and other problems for quite a while. Maybe they could
    do some asset sales to get by.

    They get bequests from suckers who died waiting for
    Armageddon - but I wonder if their child molestation
    follies will eat into that - as well as fewer suckers
    perhaps, as the years go by! I knew a Bethelite who
    told wonderful stories about big contributions to the
    Watchtower. After a while, I noticed he was telling the
    same stories over and over again. He eventually left
    to pursue his own career.

    Anyhow, think about costs!

    Building maintenance
    Support of Circuit Overseers
    Support of Bethelites
    Cost of Literature/Magazine production
    and support of some foreign branches/ missionary homes.

    I don't see how they do it!

    Which may be why
    they cut hard bound books
    they cut food at assemblies
    they are downsizing 1000 Bethelites

    One GOOD CATHOLIC LEVEL lawsuit could crush these
    scam artists.

    Got any lists of corporate donors to the WTS that
    we could send articles on child molesters to?
    Here's your chance to hit them hard!

    metatron

  • metatron
    metatron

    Oh, I'm sure they can shelter money
    but the cool thing is THEY AIN'T GETTIN' THE MONEY IN THE
    FIRST PLACE!

    Jehovah isn't paying their bills

    metatron

  • Sunspot
    Sunspot

    "You have 11,582 congregations in the U.S."

    Hi Metatron!

    I have absolutely nothing to base this on but a sometimes faulty memory, but when I left the WTS in the Fall of '99, I thought that the number of U.S, congregations was just a little under 18,000!

    Am I even close on this one, and have that many congregations been "lost" in not even three years? (Or am I way off-base here?)....Anybody?????

    Hoping I'm right...(I LOVE to hear the "WTS's downsizing" rather than having them gloat about their increase and blessings, yada, yada, yada :0)

    Hugs,

    Annie

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